A(z) Anna Osborn csatorna legjobb podcastjai (2024)

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Five Hundred Episodes In, Jeff Wood Isn't Done Exploring Everything Our Cities Can Be (Jeff Wood) 32:32

11d ago32:32

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Our sister podcast, Talking Headways is about to hit its 500th episode. But how did host Jeff Wood accomplish that massive milestone, and how does he keep finding all these powerful stories about how our cities work? On today's episode of The Brake, our host Kea Wilson sits down for a long conversation with Wood himself to talk about how he's grown…

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How Cities Are Getting Creative to Reclaim Public Space for People (Vanessa Barrios) 20:28

26d ago20:28

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"Reclaiming public space" isnt just about turning vacant lots into parks — or bulldozing homes for highways. And in a recent report, the Regional Plan Association of the tri-state area argues that the planning profession needs a new approach towards repurposing our land and giving residents more "psychological ownership" over their communities. Che…

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Is America Ready for the Equity Impacts of the AV Revolution? (Dr. Andrew Dannenberg) 25:15

1M ago25:15

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A lot of ink has been spilled on what autonomous vehicles could mean for America, especially if the tech-industry fantasy of a 100% driverless future somehow comes true. But my guest today argues that policymakers need to dig a lot deeper if they want to anticipate the potential side effects of the AV revolution — especially when it comes to public…

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What If We Treated Car Crash Sites Like Disaster Zones? (Kevin Krizek and Tina Duhaime) 22:06

2M ago22:06

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When a fatal car crash happens, authorities act fast to stablize the victims, clear the road, and get traffic moving again like nothing ever happened. But what if, instead, they treated those streets as the site of a catastrophic transportation failure — and took immediate action to prevent the worst from happening again? On this episode of The Bra…

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What Project 2025 Could Mean for Transportation in America (Beth Osborne) 27:29

2M ago27:29

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"Project 2025" purports to be a blueprint for an ultra-conservative federal government should Trump win a second term as president in November. But what does that document actually say about the issues that sustainable transportation advocates care about most — and does either party really understand our issues? On this episode of 'The Brake', we s…

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How Cities Can Put Equality First Through Sustainable Transportation (Enrique Peñalosa Londoño).mp3 39:52

3M ago39:52

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Enrique Peñalosa Londoño has an international reputation for using the humble bus, bikeway, sidewalk and park to make cities more equitable, starting with his game-changing two terms as the mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. And in his new book, Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens, he unpacks how those tools can transform communities …

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The Real Reason Why Traffic Engineers Design So Many Deadly Roads (Wes Marshall) 32:44

3M ago32:44

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Who, exactly is designing America's notriously deadly road network — and how on earth do they keep getting away with it? On today's episode of The Brake, we’re talking to traffic engineer, academic and now author, Wes Marshall, whose new book — “Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies Our Transportation System” …

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Why 'Sustainable Transportaiton' Is Not Enough (Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brömmelstroet) 26:23

4M ago26:23

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The Dutch are known around the world as global leaders in sustainable transportation. But as excellent as they are at designing cities to optimize the mobility experience, what about all the other reasons residents might move through their communities — and what other questions should the Netherlands and America be asking about what public space is…

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What All of Us Can Learn From the 30 Percent of Americans Who Can't Drive (Anna Zivarts) 26:32

4M ago26:32

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Most American communities don’t even bother to count what percentage of the population can't legally drive. In the handful of states that have tried, though, the answer has been around 30 percent – which is just enough to create a real movement for change, if we'd all just band together On today’s episode of The Brake, we're bringing you an extende…

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How to Fight a Texas-Sized Freeway Battle (Megan Kimble) 26:38

5M ago26:38

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Across the country, grassroots advocates are fighting a David-and-Goliath-style battle against massive, powerful departments of transportation who are attempting to widen highways in their neighborhoods. And in her new book, City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways, author Megan Kimble introduces us to the many …

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Why We Can't End Violence on Transit With More Police (Lindiwe Rennert) 23:10

5M ago23:10

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Across the country right now, cities and transit agencies are taking steps to address violence on their systems — particularly against the people who work to keep our buses and trains running, clean, and safe for everyone to ride. But what are the root causes of that violence — and are strategies like deploying armed police actually addressing them…

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Bike Advocates and EMS Workers Don't Have to Be Enemies (Shelley Bontje and Chris Bruntlett) 22:24

6M ago22:24

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Is it possible to build streets that are slow enough to keep vulnerable road users safe and lightning fast when an emergency service vehicle needs to reach a person in need? That's been a hot topic of debate among U.S. sustainable transportation advocates lately — and it's also the subject of a fascinating new research paper from the Dutch Cycling …

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How People on Bikes Can Come Together As Advocates — No Matter Why They Ride (Peter Flax) 20:04

6M ago20:04

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This week, we’re bringing you an interview with former Bicycling Magazine editor and cycling journalism veteran Peter Flax, to talk about Flax's new book, Live to Ride. Flax and guest host Gersh Kuntzman dig into the reasons why so many of us love to spend time on two wheels, and why people on bikes from all backgrounds come together around the sim…

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How Many People Does Car Culture Kill, Exactly? 24:27

7M ago24:27

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Sustainable transportation advocates know all the stats about how many people die in car crashes on global roads every year. But what about all the deaths and injuries that car culture causes — not to mention all the other ways it diminishes and destroys our communities? On this episode of The Brake, we're bringing you an extended interview with th…

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Does Your City Need a Walkability Study? (Jeff Speck and Chris Dempsey) 30:09

7M ago30:09

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A 'walkability study' can be a powerful tool to help cities and towns identify transformative strategies to welcome and protect pedestrians on their streets — and craft a plan to put those approaches into action. But what would it take to do this critical analysis in every American community that needs it? On this episode of The Brake, we sit down …

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What Are the Challenges — And Joys — Of 'Being Black in Public'? (Jay Pitter) 21:25

8M ago21:25

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Black North Americans face massive and disproportionate barriers to the safe and free enjoyment of public spaces — particularly on North American streets and roads. But despite mountains of research on racial disparities in jaywalking stops, police brutality, traffic violence, and so much more, we still don’t have a complete picture of what it’s re…

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Could a Single Law End Impaired Driving As We Know It? (Rana Abbas Taylor) 27:02

8M ago27:02

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For years, experts have been perfecting sophisticated technologies that could virtually end impaired driving on U.S. roads — and thanks to a new bill, regulators are already exploring making it a requirement on all new cars. But will Washington take that historic step in the next two years, as advocates hope, or will the legislation get tied up in …

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Are Boomers to Blame for America's Dirty Transportation System? (Lawrence MacDonald) 22:18

9M ago22:18

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Whether they were in political office, in the board room, or simply behind the wheel of an SUV, Baby Boomers have been behind some of the worst climate decisions in recent memory. But they may also a unique opportunity — and a unique responsibility — to repair the planet they helped wreck, especially when it comes to the transportation sector. At l…

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Why 'Bike-partisanship' Is Our Secret Weapon (Rep. Earl Blumenauer) 28:30

11M ago28:30

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As co-founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus Rep. Earl Blumaneuer (D - Ore.) has long been one of Washington's most staunch advocates for sustainable transportation — not least during the writing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which he fought to make better for vulnerable road users through the inclusion of programs like Safe Streets for A…

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How Walking Can Help End the Climate Crisis (Bill McKibben) 16:44

11M ago16:44

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This Halloween, we're giving you a treat instead of a trick, in the form of an extended (but still bite-sized) interview with legendary author and climate activist Bill McKibben. On today's episode of The Brake, we're revisiting our conversation from earlier this month about why the 350.org founder thinks the Week Without Driving campaign was so cr…

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How AI Could Transform Transportation — And Not Just When It Comes to AVs (Renee Autumn Ray) 22:11

12M ago22:11

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Artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the U.S. transportation landscape. Beyond headline-grabbing crashes with driverless cars, though, some advocates may not realize how else this rapidly-emerging technology is shaping their streets right now — and how it might be used in the future. On this episode of The Brake, we sit d…

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What Do 'Livable' Streets Look Like in an Era of Driverless Cars? (Dr. Bruce Appleyard) 16:57

12M ago16:57

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Many sustainable transportation advocates fear that the era of autonomous vehicles will spur us to even further optimize our streets for the efficient operation of machines rather than the cultivation of experiences that make us fully human. By adopting a framework that radically centers 'livability' on our roads, though, could we make the robo-car…

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Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk about Long COVID (John Bolecek) 19:26

1y ago19:26

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A lot of ink has been spilled on the long-term impact of COVID-19 on American transportation. But less has been spilled on the impcact of long COVID on individual people who walk and bike — and what happens when the disease makes active transportation impossible. On today's episode of "The Brake," Kea Wilson sits down with John Bolecek, who built h…

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Which Car-Cutting Strategies Really Work — And Which Ones Will We Accept? (Dr. Kimberly Nicholas) 22:00

1y ago22:00

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Climate-conscious cities around the world are scrambling for ideas to cut how many miles their residents drive. But which strategies work the best — and which ones will residents actually accept? Today on The Brake, Kea Wilson sits down with researcher and best-selling author Dr. Kimberly Nicholas to talk about a recent study of the most effective …

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How to Take a Freeway Fight to the Next Level (Alex Burns and José Antonio Zayas Cabán) 25:55

1y ago25:55

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Federal transportation leaders are doling out billions of dollars to reconnect communities torn apart by highways. How exactly they should do it, though, is a matter of fierce debate — and some advocates say that even the most radical solutions aren't radical at all when seen through the lens of the radical harm that racialized and low-income commu…

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What Does 'Inclusive' Transportation Really Mean? (Veronica O. Davis) 27:23

1y ago27:23

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With billions of federal dollars promised to reconnect communities torn apart by highways, America could be the brink of one of the largest mobility justice movements in decades. To really right the wrongs of our transportaiton past, though, author Veronica O. Davis agues we need a new playbook for how to engage and empower the Black, brown and low…

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Is This the Best Statewide Transportation Bill Yet? (Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Frank Hornstein) 24:59

1y ago24:59

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State transportation bills may not get as much attention as their federal counterparts, but they have a colossal impact on how we get around. And the state of Minnesota may have just created one of the most exciting blueprints yet for progressive governments across the country to follow — even if it took them the better part of three decades to do …

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How To Train an Army of Sustainable Transportation Activists (Carter Lavin) 31:03

1+ y ago31:03

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On paper, a lot of people care about making their cities less car-dependent — but not all of us are taking action to actually do it. So why do so many people stay on the sidelines, and what will itake to get them into the fight? Today, we're sitting down with Carter Lavin, a Bay-area activist who's made it his mission to give people the skills, vis…

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How Does Parking Help Explain the World? (Henry Grabar, feat. Gersh Kuntzman) 18:07

1+ y ago18:07

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late's cities reporter Henry Grabar's new book, Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World (Penguin Press), could have been a sleeper, aimed at livable cities nerds who already know how drivers' obsessive demand for free car storage has ruined our cities and enabled sprawl, all the while devastating our air quality and congesting our roads. Ins…

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Is the Electric Car A 'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing'? (Agnieszka Stefaniec) 21:39

1+ y ago21:39

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What is an electric car, really? Is it a godsend that could save the planet from climate catastrophe by slashing emissions in the sector that contributes the most greenhouse gases in virtually every developed country in the world Is it an important tool for climate harm reduction that we have to invest in big, even if it doesn’t solve all of the pr…

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How Can Sustainable Transportation Advocates Help End Poverty? (Matthew Desmond) 20:15

1+ y ago20:15

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One in nine Americans live in poverty, and millions more live in a precarious place somewhere between precarity and true security. A new book argues, though, that it doesn't have to be this way — and that we can all play a role in challenging the systems and individual choices that "keep poor people poor" for benefit for everyone else. On this epis…

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How Does Toxic Masculinity Play Out On Our Roads — And How Do We Stop It? (Dr. Tara Goddard) 33:45

1+ y ago33:45

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Look up traffic fatality stats for almost any country in the world, and you'll find that men are almost always drastically over-represented among the dead, even in countries like the Netherlands and Sweden which have made the most progress towards Vision Zero. But if good road, vehicle and systems design isn't saving as many male-identified lives, …

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What It Takes To Reframe the Narrative About Car Dependency (Grant Ennis) 29:20

1+ y ago29:20

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"Roadway safety is a shared responsibility, and people in cars and outside of cars play an equal role in keeping each other safe." "Sprawl is good, actually, because it means people can have big, beautiful houses and some quality alone time on their daily commutes." "We won’t need to worry about transportation emissions or the broader impacts of au…

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What It Takes To Start Your Own Bikeshare Company 29:41

1+ y ago29:41

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Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. At YoGo Bikeshare, though, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors in Youngstown, Ohio — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependenc…

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Roadside Noise Cameras (Nick Ferenchak) 23:59

1+ y ago23:59

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Across America, a shocking number of drivers are illegally hacking their cars to be as loud as possible — and evidence is mounting that the phenomenon has a huge impact on public health. But what can cities do about it? Today on The Brake, we sat down with researcher Nick Ferenchak, whose work on traffic safety we've been following for years. Now, …

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Can Athletes Help Solve Urbanism's 'PR Problem'? (Tesho Akindele) 23:25

1+ y ago23:25

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If the typical professional athlete talks about transportation at all, it's usually in the context of a mulit-million SUV commercial. Soccer star Tesho Akindele, though, isn't the typical athlete — and as he transitions out of his career onthe field, he's making building walkable, bikeable, equitable cities his full-time job. Today on The Brake, we…

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How Mayors Can Lead The Way To A Sustainable Transportation Future (Mayor John Bauters) 31:43

1+ y ago31:43

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Not enough U.S. mayors make sustainable transportation a priority, and even the ones that do don't always get much done. On today's episode of The Brake, though, we spoke with one elected official who's making massive progress to make streets safer, greener and more equitable in his small town — and sharing lessons in leadership that can scale to e…

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The (Too-Brief) History of Traffic Violence Memorials in America (Peter Norton) 24:15

2y ago24:15

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Mass memorials to the victims of traffic violence are a rarity on American roads. But it wasn't always that way — and there's a fascinating history behind why so many lost lives have become virtually invisible in the public realm today. On this episode of The Brake, Kea Wilson sits down with historian and author Peter Norton to talk about how Ameri…

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Who Gets Hurt When Cities Ban E-Scooters (Charles T. Brown) 30:42

2y ago30:42

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In communities across the U.S., city leaders have reacted to safety concerns about the shared e-scooter industry with fleet curfews, neighborhood restrictions, and even outright bans. Those blunt policies, though, might hurt more people than they help — especially when it comes to socially and racially marginalized communities without other ways to…

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What the Last Decade Has Done for the Walkability Movement (Jeff Speck) 30:39

2y ago30:39

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In 2012, Jeff Speck’s Walkable City sparked a conversation about why pedestrianized places matter and became one of the best-selling books about the built environment in recent memory. Ten years later, though, so much about the world has changed — even as human-centered communities have become more important than ever. On this episode of The Brake,…

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What It's Really Like to Lose Someone to Traffic Violence (Dan Langenkamp) 29:35

2y ago29:35

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Hundreds of thousands of Americans lose a loved one in a car crash every single year. So why don't more of us talk about it — and why don't more of us take action to prevent other families from enduring those tragedies, too? On this special episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson has an emotional conversation with advocate Dan Langenkamp about the pe…

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How to Start Grassroots Safe Streets Movement (Elizabeth Creely of Safe Street Rebel) 26:29

2y ago26:29

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In communities across America, people are getting angry about traffic violence. But what does it take to turn that anger to a full-blown movement, with neighbors fighting alongside one another to change the status quo? Today, we tapped Elizabeth Creely of the San Francisco-based grassroots advocacy organization Safe Street Rebel, which has been mak…

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Would a Car-Light City Really be 'Quiet'? (Dr. Erica Walker) 29:44

2y ago29:44

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Epidemiologists around the world have sounded the alarm about the health risks of rising noise pollution, and called out cars as one of the largest sources of the crisis. In our quest to make cities quieter, though, noise researcher Dr. Erica Walker says we're missing a critical conversation about how unique communities experience their local sound…

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Six Arguments Against Speed Governors — And How to Quash Them (David Zipper) 27:26

2y ago27:26

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Europe is on the brink of putting "Intelligent Speed Assist" technology on all new cars to slow drivers down to local limits — and even some U.S. states are hoping to follow suit. But the minute "speed governors" get mentioned, tempers flare, and it could make the movement to throttle U.S. drivers a challenging fight to win. Today on The Brake, we …

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Why Arguments Against Free Transit Are Missing the Point (Destiny Thomas) 34:17

2y ago34:17

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Free transit pilots are popping up around the world — and so are heated debates about whether they will stymie agencies' efforts to delivery the high-quality service that U.S. riders need. But what if that argument is missing something fundamental about why we commodify basic mobility in the first place, and the many ways marginalized people are im…

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What Would a 'Post-Automobility' Future Look Like? (Robert Braun and Richard Randell, Pt. 2) 25:03

2y ago25:03

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Last time on the Brake, we chatted with authors Robert Braun and Richard Randell about why automobility isn't really about cars at all — and how it's beocme what they call a "totalitarian system" that touches virtually every part of our lives. Today, we bring you part two of that conversation, and dive into the difficult question of what a world be…

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Why 'Car Culture' Is About So Much More Than Cars (Robert Braun and Richard Randell) 26:04

2y ago26:04

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Car culture is all around us. But is it really just about vehicles, roads, motorists and violent commercials on TV, or is it is a political system as deeply entrenched in cultures around the world as our governments, economic systems, and structures of oppression? On this episode of the The Brake, we sat down with authors Robert Braun and Richard R…

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Why Americans Don't Drive Less When Gas Prices Soar (Dr. Ian Walker) 27:32

2y ago27:32

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Even as gas prices hit historic highs, many Americans aren't driving any less — because so many of their communities are so car-dependent, they don't really have a choice. But what about people who could skip the pump but don't, simply because they're in the habit of driving everywhere they go? On this episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson sits dow…

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Are Planning and Engineering Students On Board with Sustainable Transportation? (Nick Klein and Kelcie Ralph 26:43

2+ y ago26:43

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Planning and engineering students are poised to play a major role in shaping America's transportation system for decades to come. But do either of them agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like — or even with each other? Today on The Brake, host Kea Wilson spoke with researchers Kelcie Ralph and Nick Kl…

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Why Every City Needs A Car Master Plan (Cathy Tuttle) 30:37

2+ y ago30:37

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Countless communities across America say they're planning for a future where more residents walk, bike, and roll to get around. So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel? Toda…

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